LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

onycha

onycha f (genitive onychae)
Classical[ˈɔ.ny.kʰa]Ecclesiastical[ˈɔː.ni.ka]

Meaning

  1. Medieval Latinfeminineonycha, the operculum of kinds of strombus or muricid, smoked ritually and medicinally

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeonychaonychae
genitiveonychaeonychārum
dativeonychaeonychīs
accusativeonychamonychās
ablativeonychāonychīs
vocativeonychaonychae

Origins

From Ancient Greek ὄνῠξ (ónŭx) standing in the Book of Exodus 30, 34, in the accusative, translating in the Septuaginta Biblical Hebrew שְׁחֵלֶת (šəḥēleṯ).

Quick answers

What does onycha mean in Latin?
onycha, a noun, means “onycha, the operculum of kinds of strombus or muricid, smoked ritually and medicinally”.
What is the genitive of onycha?
The genitive singular is onychae. onycha is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce onycha?
In classical Latin, [ˈɔ.ny.kʰa]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɔː.ni.ka].